Abdoujaparov

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Abdoujaparov
Abdoujaparov performing in Hamburg at the Knust (Halloween 2008).jpg
Abdoujaparov in concert (31 October 2008, Hamburg)
Background information
Origin London, England
Genres Post-punk
Alternative rock
Years active1998–present
Labels Spinach
Pop Gun
Members Les Carter
Richy Crockford
Bomber
Jon Barnard
Website abdou.co.uk

Abdoujaparov are a punk band formed on 19 October 1998 by ex-Carter USM guitarist Les Carter (aka Fruitbat). Abdoujaparov's musical foundation is in 1977 punk rock. [1]

Contents

Eight EPs, two singles and four albums have been released so far. A compilation CD featuring tracks from the first 3 EPs was released by Pop Gun in Australia. The band has toured the UK, Germany, Australia and America. [2]

Les and guitarist Richy Crockford have also recorded and toured under the name iDou, which consists of the two playing guitars over a backing track supplied by an iPod Shuffle. [3]

The band composed the song Pop Pop Pop for the 2004 video game Airburst Extreme . [4] and Les and Richy wrote the music featured in the Xbox live arcade game TotemBall .

The band is named after a professional cyclist Djamolidine Abdoujaparov, from Uzbekistan. [1]

Discography

Albums

EPs

Singles

Misc

iDou

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